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Çigri Dag

Quarry

Coordinates: 39.74°N 26.24°E

Turkey / Asia

Location

Details

Location:

In the western Troad, just inland from Alexandria Troas

Material:

Medium-grained grey-violet granite (granito violetto or granito della Troade); used locally from Classical period and widely exported in the Roman Imperial period

Bibliography

Cook 1973: 14; Mielsch 1985: 68; Gnoli 1988: 152-153; Ponti 1995.

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